论《吕氏春秋》的性质和历史地位

On the Nature and Historical Status of Lü's Commentaries of History

《吕氏春秋》是先秦时的一部重要理论典籍,对于它的性质学界一直存在较大的争议,自然影响到对它的历史地位的评价。对《吕氏春秋》的性质及历史地位的判断,既要尊重历史记载和叙述,更要关注作者的写作意图和全书的内容。《吕氏春秋》是一部关于统一政治文化的理论著作,是一部对君主进行政治文化教育的教科书,是帝制时代的政治文化先声。

Lü＇s Commentaries of History is an important theoretical book of the pre-Qin period,and there has been a great controversy on its nature, which naturally affects the evaluation of its historical status. In the judgment of the nature and historical status of Lü＇s Commentaries of History, we should not only respect historical records and narrations, but also pay attention to the author＇s writing intention and the contents of the whole book. Lü＇s Commentaries of History is a theoretical work on the unity of political culture. It is a textbook for the political and cultural education of the monarchy,and a political and cultural precursor in the era of monarchy.